tribe /tɹaɪb/noun 11verb 1forms 3 noun11 •a large group of families that share a language and a way of life, smaller than a nationthe Twelve Tribes of IsraelGermanic tribes •A socially cohesive group of people within a society.She found her tribe among fellow cross-stitchers. •A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians. •(informal, offensive) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America. •A tribal nation or people.This leaves for consideration of this group of small tribes, or subtribes, so far as mapped by the writer quoted, the Teule, Cazcan, and Tecuexe. — 1911 •A class or group of things. •A species or group of similar species of animal.The cod may not improperly be placed at the head of the migrating or wandering tribe of fish. — 1808 •A group of apes who live and work together. •A collective noun for various animals. •A hierarchical rank between family and genus.This family includes the whole of the wellknown tribe of Pigeons and Doves. — 1868 •A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line. verb1 •To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. — 1696 formstribed · tribing · tribes
